Explore Adams, Wisconsin, with this interactive street and satellite map.
This page also offers TOPO MAPS — the official USGS topographic sheets — plus USGS aerial imagery, a labelled USNG grid overlay, a distance and bearing tool, and a GPS grid-reference readout. See How to Use This Map below.
This interactive map shows the street layout and satellite imagery for Adams, Wisconsin. Use the Map and Satellite buttons above to switch between street map and aerial imagery views. Use the + and − buttons to zoom in or out, or scroll your mouse wheel while holding the Control key to zoom. On a touchscreen, use a two-finger pinch gesture. Drag the map to pan to any area of Wisconsin or beyond.
Click ⛶ Fullscreen to expand the map to fill your screen. To return to the normal page view, press the Escape key, click the ✕ Exit Fullscreen button that appears above the map, or on a mobile device tap the back button (Android) or the close icon (iOS).
TOPO MAPS — NEW. Click the green 🔍 Search Maps button below the map to open a second map with a Base map row offering three choices. OSM is the standard OpenStreetMap street map. Topo shows the official USGS topographic maps from The National Map — contours, hydrography, land cover and shaded relief, the same mapping used for hiking, hunting and back-country navigation in the Adirondacks, the Catskills and the Finger Lakes. Imagery shows USGS aerial photography, mostly 1-metre NAIP. The search box finds any US town, county or landmark by name, so you are not limited to Adams.
Reading the map like a paper quad. Click Grid to overlay the U.S. National Grid (USNG), labelled along the edges exactly as a printed topographic sheet is — at normal zoom the squares are one kilometre across, so you can read a six-figure grid reference by eye and judge distance directly off the map. Click Measure, then tap two points, to get the distance between them together with the grid bearing in degrees and mils, the true bearing, and the magnetic bearing to set on a compass.
Click 📍 My position to take a single GPS reading from your device. It marks where you are and reports your position as a USNG grid reference as well as plain latitude and longitude — USNG being the format FEMA and US search and rescue teams work from — with a Copy position button so you can paste it straight into a text message. It takes one reading and stops, rather than tracking continuously, to conserve your battery. Note that map tiles need cell coverage, but a GPS reading does not — your coordinates stay correct even where the map itself cannot load.
| City | Adams |
| State | Wisconsin (WI) |
| County | Walworth County |
| Country | United States of America |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| Latitude | 43.95524 |
| Longitude | -89.816548 |
| Population | 1,761 |
| Density | 230.9 /km² |
| Incorporated | Yes |
| ZIP Codes | 53120, 53910 |
| Area Code | 608, 920 |
| County Seat | Elkhorn |
| School District | Adams-Friendship Area School District |
Adams emerges from the flat, sandy plains of central Wisconsin as a quiet anchor to the surrounding agricultural patchwork. It lies 8.8 miles north of Elkhorn, WI (from Elkhorn, WI: bearing 4°T), and is situated 6.6 miles west of East Troy. The landscape carries a subtle, muted grace, where the light at dusk stretches long across open fields and turns the horizon into a pale, bruised violet. Only a mile away, the stillness of Peters Lake offers a mirror to the sky, while the persistent, rhythmic flow of Honey Creek marks the slow passage of time through the nearby woodlands. A few miles further, the Troy State Habitat Area serves as a testament to the quiet, unadorned beauty of the local ecosystem, providing a sanctuary where the grasses sigh under the weight of the wind and the soil holds the memory of ancient glacial movements.
Adams maintains a steady, deliberate pace that reflects its origins as a vital hub for the regional rail network and the hardworking families who settled here generations ago. The economy remains tethered to the land and the simple, essential trades that keep the region functioning, while the cultural life of the area finds expression in the modest comforts of neighborhood gatherings and the tradition of the Friday fish fry. Despite the distant, silent presence of Lapham Hill rising on the far horizon, life here is defined by the immediate: the texture of the earth beneath a plow, the shifting colors of the changing seasons, and the collective history of a people who have built their lives upon these plains. Adams persists as a place of genuine, unpretentious character, where the quietude of the surroundings invites a deeper appreciation for the rhythms of a life lived close to the land.
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This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Adams, Wisconsin. Coordinates: 43.95524, -89.816548. Live weather conditions are sourced directly from the National Weather Service. Real-time local and world news feeds keep the page current.
Detailed location data for Adams includes the ZIP code (53120, 53910), telephone area code (608, 920), county seat of Walworth County (Elkhorn), and school district assignment (Adams-Friendship Area School District).
Search Maps opens a second, independent map. It searches OpenStreetMap for any US town, county or landmark by name; offers USGS topographic maps and USGS aerial imagery as base layers; overlays a labelled U.S. National Grid (USNG) so the map can be read like a printed topographic quad; measures distance and grid, true and magnetic bearings between any two points; and takes a single GPS fix reporting your position as a USNG grid reference and as latitude and longitude. Map tiles require cell coverage, but a GPS position does not, so the coordinates remain correct even where the map cannot load.
Location data is drawn from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (GNIS) and cross-verified against 2020 US Census records by coordinate proximity. Population figures are sourced from the 2020 US Census.
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Location data | SimpleMaps US Cities Database; coordinates matched to USGS GNIS definitive data |
| Map layers | Google Maps; © OpenStreetMap contributors; USGS The National Map topographic and aerial imagery (public domain); magnetic declination from NOAA NCEI (World Magnetic Model) |
| Wikipedia validation | Article content matched to USGS GNIS coordinates via Wikipedia geosearch API. |